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Except that my mom had the world’s most evil cat, named Mildew-and I couldn’t bring the vacuum into the house because of all the Mildew hair in it I had to leave it out in the garage. “She passed away in 2009, and in the last year of her life, she kept saying, ‘What’s gonna happen to the vacuum cleaner when I’m gone?’ And I thought, why are we worried about a vacuum cleaner? There are bigger things to worry about! But when she died, as I’d promised her I would do, I took the vacuum cleaner so that it would have a good home. “So my mom had a vacuum cleaner that she loved,” the author explains. Read on for some of the fabulous behind-the-scenes facts the cast and filmmakers offered up…ĭiCamillo reveals the unique inspiration behind the story of Flora & Ulysses: Pudi recently joined Khan, author DiCamillo, Schwartz, Hannigan, and Lawler for a boisterous, laugh-a-minute virtual press conference celebrating the film’s upcoming release on the streaming service. After rescuing a squirrel she names Ulysses, Flora is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers-which wind up taking them on an adventure of epic (and side-splitting) proportions… one that ultimately changes Flora’s life, and her outlook, forever.ĭirected by Lena Khan, with a screenplay by Brad Copeland ( Arrested Development), Flora & Ulysses also costars Danny Pudi (Schwartz’s DuckTales cohort) as Miller, an über-zealous animal control officer.
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The film follows 10-year-old Flora Buckman (Matilda Lawler), an avid comic book fan and a self-avowed cynic whose parents George ( DuckTales’ Ben Schwartz) and Phyllis (Alyson Hannigan) have recently separated. Based on the Newbery Award-winning book by Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses will bring its hilarious heart to Disney+ beginning this Friday, February 19.